{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-ships-regulations-1979/regulation-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-ships-regulations-1979/regulation-38.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/1435",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-ships-regulations-1979",
  "path": "regulation/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Charges for services",
  "text": "(1) Where the master of a ship in a district is required by these regulations to carry out any measures with a view to reducing the danger or preventing the spread of infection, the health authority may themselves, at the request of the master cause any such requirement to be complied with at his cost, instead of enforcing the requirement against the master.\n(2) The amount of the charge for any such measures or requirement undertaken by the health authority shall be such reasonable sum as represents the actual or estimated cost to be incurred in undertaking the work excluding any charge or claim on the part of the health authority in respect of profit, but shall not exceed the sum of four hundred pounds unless notice of the proposed charge has been given to the master before the work is undertaken.\n(3) Where under this regulation the health authority causes any requirement to be complied with at the cost of the master they may require the amount of the charge for the work or a part thereof to be paid to, or deposited with them, before the work is undertaken.\n(4) Where, under these regulations, any measures have been taken with regard to a ship, the health authority or the authorised officer shall, on the request of the master, furnish him free of charge with particulars in writing of those measures and the reasons why they were taken.\n(5) Where, under these regulations, any measures have been taken with regard to any person or to any articles in his possession, the authorised officer shall, on request by such person, furnish him free of charge with particulars in writing of those measures, including the date on which they were taken.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst (E)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/1446",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Health (Ships) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "subst (with transtl provns) (W)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2007/1901",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Health (Ships) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1435/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:10:42.129776+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}